About Billie Letts
Lived 1938 – 2014 (aged 76). Billie Letts was an American novelist and writer.
Billie Dean Letts (; May 30, 1938 – August 2, 2014) was an American novelist and educator. She was a professor at Southeastern Oklahoma State University.
Biography Letts was born as Billie Dean Gipson
She married Dennis Letts, a professor and actor, in 1958. The couple had three children: Dana, Tracy (a playwright), and Shawn (a jazz musician/composer). Dennis Letts served as editor for his wife's novels. He died of lung cancer in Tulsa on February 22, 2008, aged 73.
Novels Where the Heart Is (1995) The Honk and Holler Opening Soon (1998) Shoot the Moon (2004) Made in the U.S.A. (2008)
Awards and honors 1994 Walker Percy Award 1996 Oklahoma Book Award 1998 Oprah's Book Club – Best Novel nominee – Where the Heart Is
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Who was Billie Letts?
American novelist and educator
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Billie Letts was born on 30 May 1938 in Tulsa.
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Billie Letts died on 2 August 2014 in Tulsa.
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Billie Letts was a novelist and writer.
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